Tag: Utah

Majestic Views

Tags Deer Valley, mountain views, nature, nature photography, summer, thankful for, thanks, Utah

Zeb and Bri were given a day of paddle boarding as a wedding gift, and they invited us. The day will forever be a treasure in my mind. I had never done that before, and sharing the experience with my kids was most amazing.

Tags Family, New experiences, Paddle boarding, Sunset, thankful for, thanks, Utah

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A Shot of Happiness

This past year I got a lovely gift. It was a shot glass from Deer Valley, and it was made of my favorite colors — my wedding colors 🙂 Red and black. It meant a lot to me that my tight-wad family members knew this was a treat for me. I have a tradition which […]

Tags Berkshires, Deer Valley, Jiminy Peak, Massachusetts, shot glasses, thankful, thankful for, Utah

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Living With an Artistic Husband

Post author By Chrissie
Post date 11/17/2019
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The man creates art everywhere, and I love it 🙂 This is what he came up with when we left him alone for a short time in Moab last summer: To see more of his work, check out his site on https://christopherpollockart.com/

Tags art, Christoper Pollock, Family, moab, Rock art, Rocks, thankful, thankful for, Utah

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Hikes with Family and Friends

Post author By Chrissie
Post date 11/14/2019
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Hikes are great. Friends are great. Family are great. Put them together? Perfection!

Tags Beach, Family, Friends, Jiminy Peak, Massachusetts, mountains, nature, New York, Photography, Pond, Southwick State Park, summer, Utah, winter

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Breathtaking Sunsets

Tags moab, nature, Needles District, Photography, Sunset, thankful, thankful for, Utah

2019 Utah Summer Family

Summer Summaries 2019

I love how Google photos digs through thousands of images and finds the perfect ones to highlight special events in small videos. Here are Google’s summaries of our late July/early August blessings: Team Meetup

Tags Children, Dogs, Family, grandchildren, moab, summer, Utah, weddings

2019 Utah Summer Family

Leapin’ Lizards!

Oh how my grand-dragon has grown!

Tags Animals, bearded dragon, lizard, pets, Utah

After 60 Years — Helen!!
John had not seen his high school classmate Helen since graduation day. Obviously, I had not met her or her husband Joe before. This warm conversation was just like the one with classmate Carol and John the previous day. We shared our experiences, with everyone being an equal partner in the word-flow. What a delight! […]
Blogger's Delightful Day, Installment Two
Our second meet-up of the day was a different type of reunion. We knew Susie only through her blog. I talked about her so often that John felt he knew her as well as I did. I took only one photo, and that will have to do. Susie is beautiful, and her face is lively […]
Blogger's Delightful Day, Installment One
A blogger couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day. I met two people for the first time and had hours of face time with a blogger I had longed to see in person. We began by having brunch with John’s high school classmate Carol and husband John. Carol and my husband had not seen […]
Godparents' Day
We had a true Godparents’ Day in Massachusetts, though I didn’t tumble to it until the end of the day. We visited niece Chrissie and Chris in the ski resort where they live, and from there we drove near Boston to see nephew Anders and his daughter Rowan (4). We are godparents for both Chrissie […]
Toilets while Traveling
It amazes me that toilets come in all sizes. I’m sure there was one standard size when I was young, but no more! The first motel had a toilet designed for a two-year-old. The seat was almost on the floor!! You might think the room was meant for a very young family, but there was […]
On the Road Again
Day one of travel was easy for me, since John did all the driving. The day was sunny and warm for a winter’s day. We left North Carolina in the morning, and I took a photo of the visitor’s center sign before we stopped for the night. Having gone further than John thought we would, […]
Logan's Tail
Neighbor Bob came over for a road association meeting. I heard him say something to Logan (9) and thought it might have been “inside out”. I paid no attention to it until grandson David batted a balloon around the room with him while the meeting was going on. Logan seemed to have a tail flapping […]
Snow and a Flat Rainbow
I have three photos that don’t belong to a story, so they are being lumped together. The first I’m calling Foot Traffic on the Deck. The bird feeder was hanging out of sight on the metal stand. I think there are squirrel prints there, too. Surely Sadie’s paw print is not that tiny. That day […]
Barefoot in the Snow
Neighbor Logan’s visit was planned ahead, because his parents went to a dinner. He might have come over slightly before Shawn and Bob told him to. How do I know? They must not have seen him leave the house. The first thing I noticed when I opened the door was that he was barefooted. “Where […]
Better than a Gun
Two squirrels were determined to cheat the birds out of their seeds. Seeds on the deck were fair game, but I didn’t want the animals to hang on the feeder. I got my exercise jumping up to run them off. One day Sadie saw a squirrel and lunged at it, pawing the glass door. The […]